LibGuides: Communication & Multimedia Studies: Websites

Adbusters "We're an activist hub and the headquarters of Adbusters magazine, the journal of the mental environment. Since 1989, our international collective of artists, designers, writers, musicians, poets, punks, philosophers and wild hearts has been smashing ads, fighting corruption and speaking truth to power." ~from website
American Rhetoric An online collection of speeches throughout history as well as figures of speech examples.
The Associated Press "The Associated Press is an independent, not-for-profit news cooperative headquartered in New York City. Our teams in over 100 countries tell the world’s stories, from breaking news to investigative reporting. We provide content and services to help engage audiences worldwide, working with companies of all types, from broadcasters to brands." -Website
Center for Public Integrity "The Center for Public Integrity inspires change using investigative reporting that reveals the causes and effects of inequality. Discriminatory systems in employment, housing, health care, education and access to democracy affect people based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, ability, immigration status and income. Our data-driven and narrative journalism holds powerful interests accountable, investigates solutions and places problems within the historical context of inequality in America."
Columbia Journalism Review A magazine and website for professional journalists based out of the Columbia School of Journalism.
Committee to Protect Journalists "The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide. We defend the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal."
Communication Currents Coverage of communications scholarship from the National Communication Association.
Electronic Frontier Foundation "The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF champions user privacy, free expression, and innovation through impact litigation, policy analysis, grassroots activism, and technology development. EFF's mission is to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people of the world."
FAIR A progressive media watch dog group
Federal Communications Commission "The FCC regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable in all U.S. jurisdictions."
Gallup Poll Opinion polls and data from the 1930's to present. We do not subscribe to Gallup so we may not have full reports, but summaries are full of great information.
Media Education Foundation "Media Education Foundation produces and distributes documentary films and other educational resources to inspire critical thinking about the social, political, and cultural impact of American mass media."
Media Research Center "The MRC’s commitment to neutralizing leftist bias in the news media and popular culture has had a critical impact on the way Americans view the liberal media."
Pew Research Center The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Covers a wide variety of topics and issues.
World Press Institute A nonprofit organization based in St. Paul promotes press freedom and provides fellowships to international journalists.

Professional Organizations

National Communication Association (NCA) The National Communication Association advances Communication as the discipline that studies all forms, modes, media, and consequences of communication through humanistic, social scientific, and aesthetic inquiry. NCA serves the scholars, teachers, and practitioners who are its members by enabling and supporting their professional interests in research and teaching. Dedicated to fostering and promoting free and ethical communication, NCA promotes the widespread appreciation of the importance of communication in public and private life, the application of competent communication to improve the quality of human life and relationships, and the use of knowledge about communication to solve human problems. NCA supports inclusiveness and diversity among our faculties, within our membership, in the workplace, and in the classroom; NCA supports and promotes policies that fairly encourage this diversity and inclusion.
American Communication Association (ACA) The ACA is a not-for-profit virtual professional association with actual presence in the world of communication scholars and practitioners. ACA is committed to enabling the effective use of new and evolving technologies to facilitate communication instruction, research, and criticism, and to offering a technologically-supportive venue for all who study the ways in which humans communicate. While the Association is based in the United States, it is a virtual organization that welcomes participation from academics and professionals throughout the world.
Association for Women in Communication (AWC) A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT CHAMPIONS THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN ACROSS ALL COMMUNICATIONS
International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) IABC serves professionals in the field of business communication, bringing together the profession’s collective disciplines. We deliver on the Global Standard in communication through our educational offerings, certification, awards program, resource library, online magazine and annual World Conference. We support our community of business communication professionals with innovative thinking, shared best practices, in-depth learning and career guidance.
Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) is the leading professional organization serving the communications community through a network of more than 400 professional and student chapters in the U.S., Argentina, Colombia, Peru and Puerto Rico. Guided by its Code of Ethics, PRSA empowers its members to succeed at every stage of their careers through a wide breadth of premium professional development programs, exclusive networking events and leadership opportunities. Signature events include the Anvil Awards and ICON, the premier annual gathering for communications professionals and students. For more information, visit www.prsa.org.
Society for Technical Communication (STC) The Society for Technical Communication is the world’s oldest professional association dedicated to the advancement of the field of technical communication. The Society’s members span the field of the technical communication profession from students and academics to practitioners and managers. Our members represent every industry segment and many countries around the globe. In a rapidly changing field, STC supports the development and dissemination of technical communication knowledge and skill. The Society’s award-winning publications, Intercom and Technical Communication, are widely read by practitioners and academics in the field, and the STC annual conference is one of the most-attended technical communication events of the year. The STC also offers the Certified Professional Technical Communicator program that validates knowledge, competency and currency in the field through professional certification. The Society, its geographic Chapters, and its Special Interest Groups produce a wide array of educational events throughout the year designed to advance the knowledge of members and promote technical communication education, managerial techniques and tool skills. Career advancement is also supported by the STC through an annual salary survey, job board, mentoring and networking.
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) is a nonprofit, educational association of journalism and mass communication educators, students and media professionals. The Association’s mission is to promote the highest possible standards for journalism and mass communication education, to cultivate the widest possible range of communication research, to encourage the implementation of a multi-cultural society in the classroom and curriculum, and to defend and maintain freedom of communication in an effort to achieve better professional practice and a better informed public.
American Society for the History of Rhetoric (ASHR) The American Society for the History of Rhetoric (ASHR) aims to catalyze the study of the history of rhetoric in the United States and to feature the results. To keep that circle virtuous, ASHR welcomes work with capacious (including critical) understandings of “history” and of “rhetoric.” A forthcoming issue of our journal, Journal for the History of Rhetoric, does the same for “America” (see here).
International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) The International Association for Media and Communication Research - IAMCR - is the preeminent worldwide professional organisation in the field of media and communication research. Its members promote global inclusiveness and excellence within the best traditions of critical scholarship in the field. IAMCR aims to support and develop media and communication research throughout the world. It particularly encourages the participation of emerging scholars, women and those from economically disadvantaged regions. IAMCR is supported by the voluntary contributions of many people, including more than 80 Section and Working Group chairs and deputies, 30 members of its International Council, a five-member Executive, many members of various committees and task forces, and more than 2,800 active members of the association in 90 countries.
International Speech Communication Association (ISCA) ISCA Objectives to stimulate scientific research and education, to organize conferences, courses and workshops, to publish, and to promote publication of scientific works, to promote the exchange of scientific views in the field of speech communication, to encourage the study of different languages, to collaborate with all related associations, to investigate industrial applications of research results, and, more generally, to promote relations between Public and Private, and between Science and Technology.

Website Evaluation

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